Visible Words : A Study of Inscriptions In and As Books and Works of Art

Name: Visible Words
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521136655
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ISBN: 9780521136655

by John Sparrow

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0521136652

ISBN-13 9780521136655

Publisher Cambridge University Press

Imprint Cambridge University Press

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Feb 17th, 2011

Print length 172 Pages

Weight 430 grams

Dimensions 27.80 x 21.20 x 1.10 cms

Product Classification: Sculpture Carvings, masks, reliefs Carvings: artworks Architecture Historical & comparative linguistics Historical and comparative linguistics Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval Literary studies: classical, early & medieval

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Mr Sparrow traces the development of the inscription as a literary form in Renaissance and post-Renaissance Europe. He attributes the Renaissance concern with the visual presentation of words to the profound interest in epigraphy aroused by the rediscovery of classical inscriptions.

Mr Sparrow traces the development of the inscription as a literary form in Renaissance and post-Renaissance Europe. He defines the 'literary' inscription as 'a text composed with a view to its being presented in lines of different lengths, the lineation contributing to or enhancing the meaning, so that someone who does not see it, actually or in the mind's eye, but only hears it read aloud, misses something of the intended effect'. Mr Sparrow attributes the Renaissance concern with the visual presentation of words to the profound interest in epigraphy aroused by the rediscovery of classical inscriptions. This interest was felt mainly by scholars and writers, but it extended to architects, painters, sculptors and designers of monuments - all of whom incorporated inscriptions in their work.

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